5 Ingredient Perfect Pizza Sauce

Name: 5 Ingredient Perfect Pizza Sauce
Prep time: 2 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 22 min
Cuisine: European, Italian, Mediterranean
Ingredients: 1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil; 2 cups cherry tomatoes; 4 springs basil chopped or whole; 1 tsp dried oregano; 1/2 tsp salt

4 steps

Prep:2minCook:20min

This pizza sauce recipe will take your pizza to that next level and it is so easy to make! For the dough I use my versatile dough recipe (found here on my whisk page) and keep it in the fridge for 2-3 days to become more flavorful and you end up with the best homemade pizza from scratch!

Updated at: Thu, 17 Aug 2023 09:45:15 GMT

Nutrition balance score

Good

Glycemic Index

Low

Glycemic Load

Low

Nutrition per serving

Calories194.3 kcal (10%)

Total Fat15.2 g (22%)

Carbs13.8 g (5%)

Sugars8 g (9%)

Protein4.3 g (9%)

Sodium1180.2 mg (59%)

Fiber4.9 g (18%)

% Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Ingredients

1 servings

1 Tbspextra virgin olive oil

2 cupscherry tomatoes

4 springsbasil

chopped or whole

1 tspdried oregano

½ tspsalt

Instructions

Step 1

Add tomatoes to a saucepan with the olive oil and let them simmer covered for a few minutes until they get hot.

Step 2

With a masher or a fork, pop and mash the tomatoes and then add the remaining ingredients.

Step 3

Let the sauce simmer on medium low heat for a good 15-20 minutes uncovered (stirring every 5 minutes or so to check on it) to reduce and become more paste/sauce like.

Step 4

This recipe will make enough sauce for one large pizza, if you want to make more, double or triple the recipe and the sauce can stay in the fridge for 4-5 days.